[Slugnet] Double click an openoffice file in the server.

[Michael Clark]

P.V.Anthony wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using gnome and nautilus. Have connected to a linux server by samba.
>
> When double clicking a pdf file, it opens in a pdf reader. Great.
>
> When double clicking an openoffice file, it gives an error. Copy the 
> same openoffice file to the desktop and then double click, it works.
>
> Is there some setting that needs to be done so that the file can be 
> opened from the server instead of coping to the desktop.

Last time this happened to me it was because the 'x' bit was set on the 
file. Reading files from an incorrectly formed CD can have the same 
effect (Toast on Mac sets the execute bit also and I had this same problem).

Windows filesystems don't have an 'x' bit (although I think there are 
some CIFS unix extensions which might not be supported by samba), so 
generally there is a default mask set for files. If you can change it to 
644 instead of 755, you may have more luck.